Definitions for: Dizen


[v] dress up garishly and tastelessly



Webster (1913) Definition: Diz"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dizening.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and
allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put
tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff.]
1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.

Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out.
--Goldsmith.

To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen
Nature's carnival. --Emerson.

Synonyms: bedizen

See Also: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up

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